Security researchers observed a noticeable spurt in the activities of advanced persistent threat (APT) groups based in certain parts of Asia and in the Middle East during the first three months of the year.

The memo penned by Andrew "Boz" Bosworth surfaced as the social media company is trying to restore user trust after Cambridge Analytica harvested data from the Facebook accounts of 50 million Americans without their consent.

Sophisticated hacking tools and techniques like watering-hole attacks, once used only by nation states or proxies, now increasingly used by criminal hackers, fueling concerns that state-sponsored hackers may have gone rogue.

For an enterprise security team to attempt investigate who is behind an attack is extremely complicated and time consuming, and most importantly does very little to improve the organisation's defences against further attack.

The threat group APT28/Fancy Bear is now using a little used technique available in Microsoft Office that enables the cyber-gang to execute arbitrary code through a Word document, but without requiring macros to be enabled.

North Korean hackers have stolen the joint South Korean-US plans for war with the north, including plans to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jung Un according to an FT report quoting South Korea's Democratic party.

Organisations must secure their encrypted tunnels or risk leaving themselves at the mercy of cyber-attackers says Nick Hunter who insists they can, and must, implement centralised intelligence and automated systems.

Cyber-criminal group and malware variant DarkHotel has changed its tactics, and has been actively infecting political figures through spear phishing techniques, and via peer-to-peer networks explains Bogdan Botezatu.

Bitdefender researchers spotted three new Pacifier APT backdoor components that appear to connect the group's cyber-espionage campaigns against government institutions to the Russia-linked Turla Group.

Travellers to Europe and the Middle East need to be aware of an on-going malware campaign that is targeting hotel and hospitality Wi-Fi networks and being used to glean guest and corporate information.

Putin's first meeting with Trump at the G20 concluded with an agreement to help fight political interference by creating an international cyber-unit - an agreement which Trump is now saying he did not really mean.

The military conflict in Ukraine, and the accusations of Russian hackers targeting the Kremlin's political opponents in last November's US presidential election, have put cyber-security higher on the agenda of various countries in Eastern Europe. SC correspondent Jaroslaw Adamowski reports...

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